Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 235
are within it, and of moderate dimensions, while abovethem, and still below the arches, are considerablewindows. It is, in fact, a design which stands quiteby itself, and can scarcely be judged of by ordinaryparallels. I confess that to my eye it has always appeared asa glorious conception, though… … Fig. 118.—Circular Window, West Front, Peterborough Cathedral. chapel which has been thrust into its central arch beenomitted, I know few fronts to which it would yield ingrandeur, and none in originality. Peterborough once possessed a noble work, in thelatter part of the century, in its Lady…
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